Rapid declines in freshwater gastropods in Pune city, India
Akash Bagade, Mihir R. Kulkarni, Saurabh Khandare, Abhay Khandagle, N. A. Aravind, Yugandhar Shinde & Sameer M. Padhye Biodiversity | October 23, 2024 We studied freshwater gastropod fauna in a heavily urbanized region in tropical India, across a range of habitat types. A total of 16 species were found from a two-year survey, which is […]
Description of a New Species of Potter Wasp (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Eumeninae) From Northeast India
Femi E Benny, Ranjith AP, Priyadarsanan Dharma Rajan Entomon | October 1, 2024 A team of entomologists from the Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE) has discovered a new species of potter wasp from Arunachal Pradesh in India’s Eastern Himalayas. The new species, Pseumenes siangensis, named after the Siang Valley where […]
Stopover by Migrant Montagu’s Harriers in the Thar Desert is Determined by Vegetation Greenness and Grasshopper Abundance but Not Locust Outbreaks
T Ganesh , Arjun Kannan , Prashanth M.B. , Abhishek Samrat Journal Of Arid Environments | September 20, 2024 The Thar Desert in the Indian sub-continent is prone to outbreaks of desert locusts during passage of migratory birds. We tracked Montagu’s harriers to determine if their desert stopover duration is affected by the availability of […]
Seeking a Multi-dimensional Approach to Understand Agricultural Commodity Expansion in Asian Tropics
Anushka Rege, Manan Bhan, Jagdish Krishnaswamy, Sheetal Patil, Indira Singh, Wenxiu Xu, Siyan Zeng Biotropica | September 16, 2024 Agricultural commodity expansion into natural and semi-natural ecosystems in Asia is a multi-dimensional sustainability challenge posing a threat to natural and human capital. At the symposium pertaining to agricultural commodity landscapes organized at the 59th meeting of the Association for Tropical Biology […]
Mammals Show Faster Recovery From Capture and Tagging in Human-disturbed Landscapes
Jonas Stiegler, Cara A. Gallagher, Robert Hering, Thomas Müller, … Abi T. Vanak, Bettina Wachter,… Nature Commnunications | September 15, 2024 Wildlife tagging provides critical insights into animal movement ecology, physiology, and behavior amid global ecosystem changes. However, the stress induced by capture, handling, and tagging can impact post-release locomotion and activity and, consequently, the […]
Study on the Genus Onitis (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) of the Indian Subcontinent, With Three New Species From India
Seena N. Karimbumkara, Priyadarsanan Dharma Rajan European Journal Of Taxonomy | September 10, 2024 Three new species of Onitis Fabricius, 1798 are described: Onitis bhomorensis sp. nov. from Assam (Northeast India), O. kethai sp. nov. and O. visthara sp. nov. from Karnataka (South India). Onitis bordati Cambefort, 1988 is recorded for the first time for […]
Aenictus kodaguensis sp. nov. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), a unique species from India
Bikash Sahoo, Ramakrishnaiah Sahanashree, Dharma Rajan Priyadarsanan & Aniruddha Datta- Roy Asian Myrmecology | August 24, 2024 A new species, Aenictus kodaguensis sp. nov., belonging to the genus Aenictus Shuckard, 1840, has been described from India based on the worker caste. This species is a member of the Aenictus pachycerus group and was discovered during […]
Revisiting Current Distribution and Future Habitat Suitability Models for the Endemic Malabar Tree Toad (Pedostibes Tuberculosus) Using Citizen Science Data
C. K. Aravind, Hebbar Priti, S. Harikrishnan, Chellam Ravi, The Mapping Malabar Tree Toad Programme & Kotambylu Vasudeva Gururaja Scientific Reports | August 14, 2024 Climate change is one of the major drivers of biodiversity loss. Among vertebrates, amphibians are one of the more sensitive groups to climate change due to their unique ecology, habitat […]
Ornithological Results of the Siang Biodiversity Expedition 2022, Arunachal Pradesh, India
Puja Sharma, Priya Singh, Vivek Ramachandran, Rajkamal Goswami, Sanjay Sondhi, Nilanjan Mukherjee, Jagdish Krishnaswamy & Sandesh Kadur Indian Birds | August 9, 2024 In 2022, a multi-taxa survey was conducted in the sites covered during the colonial Abor Expedition of 1911–12 in the Siang Valley of Arunachal Pradesh. The survey included birds from locations in […]
Living With Jungle Giants: Human-elephant Dynamics and Coexistence Alternatives in the Transboundary Landscape of Kangchenjunga
Kesang Wangchuk, Janita Gurung, Sanjeeb Pradhan, Namgay Wangchuk, Kencho Rigzin & Sarala Khaling Biodiversity and Conservation | August 2, 2024 Studies on human-elephant interactions are typically confined to a single country. Since elephants traverse international boundaries, it is critical to comprehend human-elephant interactions along their migration routes and recognize the significance of conserving these animals. […]
